Complete the following sentences.
1I ............... yesterday.
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Use the past simple time expression with "went for a walk" to talk about a completed action yesterday.
2He got angry, but by then I ............... a word.
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Use the past perfect negative "hadn't said" for an action that had not happened before that past moment.
3If I ............... this, I shall be wrong.
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In a first conditional sentence, use the present simple "do" after "if".
4He said that he ............... him the day before.
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In reported speech, the past perfect "had seen" shows the seeing happened before he said it.
5Rita asked ............... she could go home.
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Use "whether" to introduce an indirect yes/no question.
6When I ............... to Mumbai, I will see him.
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Use the present simple "go" in a future time clause after "when".
7He has ............... smoking.
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The phrasal verb "given up" means stopped doing a habit.
8We ............... playing when it started raining.
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Use "stopped" before a gerund to mean an activity ended.
9He went to America to ............... English.
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Use "learn" for gaining a new skill or knowledge.
10She knows ............... well.
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Use "how to swim" after "knows" to describe an ability.
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- I went for a walk yesterday.
- He got angry, but by then I hadn’t said a word.
- If I do this, I shall be wrong.
- He said that he had seen him the day before.
- Rita asked whether she could go home.
- When I go to Mumbai, I will see him.
- He has given up smoking.
- We stopped playing when it started raining.
- He went to America to learn English.
- She knows how to swim well.